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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 16, 2024Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2024, 3:38 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 16, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2024, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 16, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

187 
WHUS41 KCLE 160738
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
338 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-161545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.240716T0900Z-240716T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
338 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the 
  lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can 
  carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along 
  structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
961 
WHUS41 KCLE 161416
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1016 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-162000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240716T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1016 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the 
  lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can 
  carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along 
  structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
730 
WHUS41 KCLE 161957
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
357 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-162100-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240716T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
357 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

Waves of 2 to 4 feet this evening will create a moderate risk of
rip currents, with waves gradually subsiding through the evening.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE45 min
Jul 16, 3:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELorain33 min
Jul 16, 3:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga38 min
Jul 16, 3:38 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr
Jul 16, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE59 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.